It is not the task of a reader to please her subjects.
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The word no Carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.Joyce Maynard
Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.
Joyce Maynard
For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously.
Joyce Maynard
I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.
Joyce Maynard
I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.
Joyce Maynard
I wonder what it is that the people who criticize me for telling this story truly object to: is it that I have dared to tell the story? Or that the story turns out not to be the one they wanted to hear?
Joyce Maynard
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